# Joe McElderry discography

British pop singer Joe McElderry has released five studio albums, one soundtrack album, and thirteen singles on recording labels Syco, Decca and BK Records.
McElderry rose to fame after winning The X Factor and signing a million pound record deal with Simon Cowell's company Syco, His debut single "The Climb" debuted at number two selling over 450,000 copies in its first week of release. The following week, the single rose to the top of the charts and remains McElderry's only chart topper. After releasing his debut album Wide Awake, McElderry was dropped from Syco despite its number three chart placing. McElderry later signed a record deal with Decca after winning Popstar to Operastar.
On 19 August 2011 McElderry released Classic, which debuted at number two on the UK albums chart. On 28 November the same year, McElderry released his third studio album Classic Christmas, which debuted and peaked at number 15.
On 10 September 2012, McElderry released his fourth studio album Here's What I Believe. It debuted at number eight on the UK chart.
His 6th album Saturday Night at the Movies reached number ten on the UK charts in July 2017, becoming his fifth top 20 and fourth top-10 album.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | UK | IRL | SCO | Sales | Certifications |
| Wide Awake | Released: 25 October 2010 Label: Syco Music Formats: CD, digital download | 3 | 5 | 2 | UK: 105,231 | BPI: Gold |
| Classic | Released: 22 August 2011 Label: Decca Formats: CD, digital download | 2 | 20 | 3 | | BPI: Gold |
| Classic Christmas | Released: 28 November 2011 Label: Decca Formats: CD, digital download | 15 | 73 | 16 | | BPI: Gold |
| Here's What I Believe | Released: 10 September 2012 Label: Decca Formats: CD, digital download | 8 | 88 | 9 | | |
| Saturday Night at the Movies | Released: 14 July 2017 Label: BK Records Formats: CD, digital download | 10 | — | 5 | | |
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released. |||||||

### Soundtracks

| Title | Details |
| Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Released: 20 February 2017 Label: BK Records Formats: CD |

### Box sets

| Title | Details |
| Classic & Classic Christmas | Released: 28 November 2011 Label: Decca Formats: 2CD |

## Singles
### As lead artist

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Year | Title | UK | IRL | SCO | Certifications | Album |
| 2009 | "The Climb" | 1 | 1 | 1 | BPI: Platinum | Wide Awake |
| 2010 | "Ambitions" | 6 | 4 | 4 | | Wide Awake |
| 2010 | "Someone Wake Me Up" | 68 | — | — | | Wide Awake |
| 2011 | "Last Christmas" | — | — | — | | Classic Christmas |
| 2012 | "Here's What I Believe" | — | — | — | | Here's What I Believe |
| 2012 | "Rescue Us" | — | — | — | | Here's What I Believe |
| 2013 | "Abide with Me" (with the Royal Mail Choir) | 147 | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| 2013 | "One World One Song" (with Dionne Warwick) | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| 2013 | "Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming)" | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| 2017 | "Gloria" | — | — | — | | Saturday Night at the Movies |
| 2021 | "Baby Had Your Fun" | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| 2021 | "I Am an Army" | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| 2023 | "L.O.V.E" | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. |||||||

### As featured artist

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Year | Title | UK | IRL | SCO | Certifications |
| 2009 | "You Are Not Alone" (as part of The X Factor finalists) | 1 | 1 | 10 | BPI: Gold |
| 2010 | "Everybody Hurts" (as part of Helping Haiti) | 1 | 1 | 1 | BPI: Platinum |

## Other charted songs

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Title | UK | Album |
| 2010 | "If You Love Me" | 130 | "Ambitions" single |

## Other contributions

| Year | Title | Album |
| 2010 | "There's a Place for Us" | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader soundtrack |
| 2011 | "Big River" | Big River, Big Songs: The Tyne |
| 2014 | "Time of My Life" (with Kerry Ellis) | Kerry Ellis |

## Music videos

| Year | Title | Director |
| 2009 | "The Climb" | Max & Dania |
| 2010 | "Ambitions" | Nigel Dick |
| 2010 | "Someone Wake Me Up" | Trudy Bellinger |
| 2011 | "Time to Say Goodbye" | Peter Fallon |
| 2011 | "Dance with My Father" | |
| 2011 | "Solitaire" | Tara Clark |
| 2011 | "Big River" | Geoff Wonfor |
| 2011 | "Last Christmas" | Steve Lucker |
| 2011 | "Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)" | Steve Lucker |
| 2012 | "Here's What I Believe" | Peter Fallon |
| 2013 | "Abide with Me" | |
| 2013 | "One World One Song" | |
| 2020 | "O Holy Night" | |
| 2021 | "Baby Had Your Fun" | Matt Tingle |
| 2021 | "I Am An Army" | |
| 2023 | "L.O.V.E" | Matt Tingle |